Whenever I read the Git docs, after a while I start thinking "this is all very well and good, but it doesn't seem to be related to what I'm trying to do to get

Whenever I read the Git docs, after a while I start thinking "this is all very well and good, but it doesn't seem to be related to what I'm trying to do to get my work done (usually fairly basic things)" Or I have read a bunch of pages on the git-scm site, and I'm thinking "oh yes it all makes sense now." Then I'm trying to do something in the real world, and I get bizarre messages and conflicts that don't make any sense. Or I made a mistake and want to undo it, and end up in some crazy situation. The Documentation doesn't seem to help in anything but an ideal textbook scenario with no mistakes and complications.